What Bafana Bafana Teaches South Africa About Itself
by Lee Nxumalo
If a country's politics are crumbling, what happens when its football team finally starts winning?
0:00 / 12:15 · Narrator Gacrux
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2026-08-07
Today's Crosscut
Cities and Brain Health
The streets outside your window shape your brain, wearing it down with the constant rumble of traffic while building it up through the mental workout of finding your way around.
Long-Term Exposure to Road Traffic Noise Might Increase Your Risk of Developing Parkinson's Disease, New Research Suggests × Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps and Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain
0:00 / 15:22 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Big Waves Meet Biodiversity: Why Surfing Paradises Could Offer a Key Opportunity for Marine Conservation
If a perfect wave is protected by law, what else survives in the water below?
0:00 / 13:15 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Behind the news →
Strategic Attack on Iran: Airpower’s Promises, Limits, and Lessons
by Michael Schmitt
What happens when a military destroys everything it aims at, but the war just keeps going?
0:00 / 32:02 · Narrator Charon
For the curious →
Sasquatch Science
by Andrew Bartlett & Jamie Lewis
How do you build a science around an animal that never leaves a body behind?
0:00 / 24:25 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Smart escape →
Feel Like a Late Bloomer? You’re Not Alone.
by Allie Volpe
How do you keep clapping for your friends when your own life feels stuck in place?
0:00 / 11:33 · Narrator Sulafat
The New Parent Trap
by Russell Shaw
When summer camp becomes a daily photo feed, are the children ever truly away?
0:00 / 14:17 · Narrator Algieba